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  • Onka
    Member
    • May 2019
    • 1576

    Buddhist/Zen Dictionary

    Good afternoon comrades!

    I hope everyone is well or at least as well as can be.

    I'm wondering if anyone knows of or would recommend a Buddhist/Zen Dictionary?
    The reason is simple, I'm a bit of a muppet and although I can relate to Buddhist 'themes', the language/s of Buddhism muddle my little noggin and remembering what a particular word means or where it came from is a challenge.
    I don't want to get into the habit of skimming over texts possibly misinterpreting them.

    Any thoughts or suggestions will be welcomed with open mind and warm heart.

    Gassho
    Anna

    Edit: I prefer real books as i have limited internet access
    Sat today & lent a hand.
    Last edited by Onka; 08-24-2019, 07:17 AM.
    穏 On (Calm)
    火 Ka (Fires)
    They/She.
  • Washin
    Senior Priest-in-Training
    • Dec 2014
    • 3864

    #2
    Hello Anna,

    Here's one of the many I like to use:



    Hope this has helped.

    Gassho
    Washin
    sat today
    Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
    Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
    ----
    I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
    and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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    • Onka
      Member
      • May 2019
      • 1576

      #3
      Thank you Washin. I hope to listen to you chant the Heart Sutra in Ukranian. Thank you for sharing.

      Gassho
      Anna

      ST/LAH
      穏 On (Calm)
      火 Ka (Fires)
      They/She.

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      • ESMP
        Member
        • Oct 2016
        • 11

        #4
        The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism is also a good choice IMO.

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        • Onka
          Member
          • May 2019
          • 1576

          #5
          Thanks ESMP
          Gassho
          Anna
          ST
          穏 On (Calm)
          火 Ka (Fires)
          They/She.

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          • Jundo
            Treeleaf Founder and Priest
            • Apr 2006
            • 41651

            #6
            There are a couple of serious ones available online as a PDF and, provided that you have real economic need and will only be using time to time as a reference, I think it is fine to use them. My impression is that they are posted with some tacit understanding of the author.





            Gassho, J

            STLah
            ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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            • Ishin
              Member
              • Jul 2013
              • 1359

              #7
              This is great.. Thank's for asking Muppet

              Gassho
              Ishin
              Sat/lah
              Grateful for your practice

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              • Onka
                Member
                • May 2019
                • 1576

                #8
                Thank you Jundo



                Originally posted by Ishin
                This is great.. Thank's for asking Muppet

                Gassho
                Ishin
                Sat/lah
                And thank you Ishin LOLOL
                穏 On (Calm)
                火 Ka (Fires)
                They/She.

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                • Tai Do
                  Member
                  • Jan 2019
                  • 1459

                  #9
                  Thank you for this thread, Anna. I’m also interested in the dictionaries. Thank you all for the recommendations.
                  Gassho,
                  Mateus
                  Sat today/LAH
                  怠努 (Tai Do) - Lazy Effort
                  (also known as Mateus )

                  禅戒一如 (Zen Kai Ichi Nyo) - Zazen and the Precepts are One!

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